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Purple Gel |
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September 13, 2006 11:03:20pm |
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Re: Trying to love Around & Around |
Around & Around (Chuck Berry) is in the great tradition of early Rock & Roll tunes that the Dead and JGB played in tribute to the pioneers of Rock & Roll music (including NFA (Buddy Holly), Johnny B Goode, Promised Land, Let It Rock (Chuck Berry) That's Allright Mama (Elvis)). Personally I enjoyed these songs as tributes to the Rock roots of the band, although I was dissappointed that they shortened Around & Around and changed Not Fade Away from one of the best jam songs into the short gimmick that it became after Throwing Stones was introduced.
This post was modified by Purple Gel on 2006-09-14 06:03:20
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uncleJohnny |
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September 14, 2006 06:24:51am |
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gel, who wrote promised land?
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September 14, 2006 06:45:48am |
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Pretty sure that was Berry.
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September 14, 2006 06:59:38am |
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It was Chuck Berry and it's my favourite Berry tune after Too Much Monkey Business, Rock and Roll Music and Down the Road Apiece. Romantics like Greil Marcus say it's the third of a trilogy that begins with Johnny B. Goode and is followed by Bye Bye Johnny. If you listen to all three it really is sort of a story with Johnny himself taking the narrative in Promised Land.
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uncleJohnny |
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September 15, 2006 05:54:11pm |
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I cant remember the monkey business song
Im going to have to get ahold of some chuck and check it out.
Thanks for the history lesson
One more thing,which johnny is the song talking about?
Im clueless here
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September 16, 2006 09:26:35am |
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Well I always thought that Johnny was Chuck himself. In Promised Land there is no mention of Johnny. The only clue is the "poor boy is on the line" which is how Johnny is described in Johnny B. Goode. Play all three tunes and it all makes sense. The Stones ripped up Bye-Bye Johnny on their '72 tour of America. I have several excellent boots of this tour. One of my fave solos by Keith Richards is him playing the song in NYC. He had the Berry oeuvre nailed. Jerry also understood the Berry style intimately. He could hear the swing percolating underneath and bring it to the fore as well.
Rent the DVD of Hail, Hail Rock n' Roll for a quick history lesson of Chuck. Keith Richards puts together a six star band to play behind Berry in St. Louis. It's fascinating, a laugh, and a first rate documentary. It also rocks.
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Purple Gel |
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September 14, 2006 07:50:49am |
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It was Berry, though the best known version may be Elvis'.
This post was modified by Purple Gel on 2006-09-14 14:50:49
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September 14, 2006 08:30:05am |
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Promised Land is probably my all time favorite dead cover tune. If I could make up CDs of all of the Promised Lands they did, I'd be a happy man.
Jim
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September 15, 2006 05:51:50am |
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I would have never guessed
lost your number but ill get it tonight
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